单词 | marudi |
释义 | marudin. In Guyana: any of several large, tree-dwelling birds resembling pheasants, having predominantly brown or black plumage; esp. Penelope marail, Penelope jacquacu, and Pipile cumanensis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Cracidae > miscellaneous types of marudi1769 hocco1834 the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > family Cracidae > member of genus Penelope (guan) guan1743 marudi1769 Penelope1811 jacu1824 piping guan1951 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 176 The Fowl, called by the Indians a Marroodee, is about the size of a common Pullet, and in shape but little different. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. 23 The forest contains an abundance of..maams, maroudis and waracabas. 1876 C. B. Brown Canoe & Camp Life Brit. Guiana 345 Maroodies of two kinds (the common and white-headed)..were also numerous. 1880 W. H. Brett Legends & Myths Guiana iv. 32 The marudi pecked up the red coal from the ground. 1883 E. F. Im Thurn Among Indians of Guiana 62 Now and then a maroodi (Penelope) cried shrilly from among the trees. 1922 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 535/1 A quail and a maroodi rewarded their zeal. 1958 J. Carew Black Midas vi. 109 Santos stopped under a mora tree and pointed to a marudi in its branches. 1980 A. Salkey Caribbean Folk Tales 107 The first time I saw the sea, I did not know it was..black as a marudi's wing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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